Washing apparatus



S.`WARK.

' WASHING APPARATUS.

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lPaten'td Feb. 22,192.1.

f UNITED f STM ATE-NT; FFICE f SAMUEL wAnK, or oaTING, WASHINGTON.) 1

To cdlib/vom it may concern.' f

Be ityknown that AI., SAMUEL VVARK, a citizen of the UnitedStates,residing at Orting, in the county of Pierce and State of Washington,have invented new and useful Improvenients in Washing Apparatus, ofwhich the following is a specification.

My present invention pertains to washing machinery; and it contemplatesthe provision of a simple, easily constructed and efficient apparatus ofthe suction-plunger type, and one adapted to be operatedwith the eX-penditure of but little eort.

Other objects and practical advantages of the invention will be fullyunderstood from the following description and claim, whenV Fig. 6 is aninverted plan view of the pluner. Y Y g Similar numerals of referenceldesignate corresponding parts in all of the views of the drawings.

My novel washing apparatus involves the use of a tub 1, which may be anordinary wash tub, or any otherpreceptacle' of about the same diameterasa wash tub.

The said tub 1 is designed to be superimposed upon a support 2, whichvmay be a bench or the like, and fixed to Vand rising from the support 2is an uprightl 3, to the upper portion of which is pivotally connectedone end of a long hand lever 4, the latter being arranged to be swungvertically in a plane above the center of the tub 1. In the preferredembodiment of my invention the lever et is provided above the tub with alongitudinal vertical slot 5.

'Arranged to be reciprocated vertically in the tub 1 is the plunger 6,which constitutes the salient element of the apparatus.V The saidplunger 6 is characterized -by a specic construction that is at oncesusceptible of production without the employmentv of expensivemachinery, -and is simple and free WASINGAPMRTUS.

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fromi delicate'parts such Aas are likely "to rget l' out oforder after ashort period'ofuse. The said plunger comprises a vcircular wooden body 7having a central vertical aperture 8, a metallic flange 9 Xed to anddepending from the perimeter of the body 7, a bail 10 disposeddiametrically above the body 7 and fixedly attached at its ends to saidbody, aV vertical central shank 11 into which the bail merges at a pointabove the center'a'perture 8 of the body, a housing 12, of sheet metal,fixed upon the upper side of the body 7 and having its body wall 13spaced above the wooden body 7 and provided with an aperture 14 that isregistered with the aperture 8, and a vertically swinging clack valvel5, preferably of sheet metal, hingedly connected at one end to the topwall of the housing. The shank 1l of the plunger is dis-v posed in theslot 5 of the hand lever Lland is pivotally connected to said hand leverthrough the medium of a pintle 16 which extends through one of aplurality of apertures 17 inthe shank; the plurality of apertures`clearance of'approximately a half inch between the exterior of theplunger flange 9 angl the inner side of theside wall of the tu 1.

In the practical operation of my improvement the lever 4 is oscillatedby hand to move the plunger rectilinearly downwardly and upwardly in thetub.l Incidental. to the downward movement of the plunger the valve 15will open so as to render the movement easy and so as to enable theflange 9 and the body 7 to crowd the mass of clothes in the tub andduring .the upward movement of the plunger the valve will close with theresult that the plunger will exert-upward suction calculated toVviolently draw the water and the detergent therein through the vclothes with the result that the clothes will be quickly and thoroughlycleansed, and this without injury to the clothes, irrespective of thecharacter thereof.

As shown by dotted lines in Fig. 5, the bail 10 serves the supplementalfunction of limiting lthe opening movement of the clack I vtus'aresimplicity and'strength in construction, ease of operation, and capacityto quickly and thoroughly cleanse clothes With the expenditure of but aminimum amount of effort on the part of the operator.

Having described my invention, what I claim and desire to'secure byLetters Patent,

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a "hetfmfetel "hpusing mounted., upon the bQdy and haring a. flangefix-.ed O the, body and also havinga 'Central aperture above andregistered with that in the body, a Verticall l5 in hinged manner tosaid Wall, and atransverse bailin a vertical plane parallel to andspaced from that ofthe hinge and straddling 20 thelhousng above andattached tothe:i1p'per .siderofthe-body having vertical lappedandconnected portions forming a s hank..

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